(b) No public official legally authorized to issue civil union licenses may join persons in a civil union under authority of a license issued by such official, or such official's
assistant or deputy; nor may any such assistant or deputy join persons in a civil union
under authority of a license issued by such public official.

(c) Any person violating any provision of this section shall be fined not more than
fifty dollars.

(b) Such license, when certified by the registrar, is sufficient authority for any person
authorized to perform a civil union ceremony in this state to join such persons in a civil
union, provided the ceremony is performed not more than sixty-five days after the date
of application.

(c) Any person who joins any persons in a civil union without having received such
license from them shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars.

(b) Any person who enters into a civil union without the consent provided for in
subsection (a) of this section shall acquire no rights by such civil union in the property
of any person who was under such control or supervision at the time the civil union was
entered into.

(b) If any person fails to return the certificate to the registrar of vital statistics, as
required under subsection (a) of this section, the persons joined in a civil union may
provide the registrar with a notarized affidavit attesting to the fact that they were joined
in a civil union and stating the date and place of the civil union. Upon the recording of
such affidavit by the registrar of vital statistics, the civil union of the affiants shall be
deemed to be valid as of the date of the civil union stated in the affidavit.

(P.A. 05-10, S. 11; 05-288, S. 228.)

History: P.A. 05-288 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing "the town where it was issued" with "the town where the civil
union was celebrated".